Add to ORKGMultiple manuscripts of Hans Talhoffer’s fifteenth-century Fechtbuch depict duels between combatants wielding faceted clubs and tall shields, as well as combatants in tight-fitting grey clothing, and duels between a man and a woman. Legal ordinances and court records from Talhoffer’s time and before him provide context for these scenarios and this equipment. Customary law regarding judicial duels varied significantly between German regions. It also changed over time, shaped by influences that sometimes originated well outside German-speaking lands. Talhoffer’s work and the Fechtbücher that followed him reflect a practice that spanned multiple regions, preserving fading traditions while embracing new innovations
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This transcription / translation of mine was first released online in 2005 (Waldmann, 2005 and Waldm...
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The paper aims at reinterpreting the so called ‘Teutonic estoc’ (inventory number: MNK XIV-49) from ...
In numerous 15th and 16th century Fightbooks several sets of teachings appear alongside the glosses ...
During the nineteenth century, many sources were published about the regulation of fencing in Renais...
London, British Library MS Cotton Titus A xxv, f 105r–v is a rare example of instruction in personal...
Intertwined with almost every significant aspect of social life, i.e. politics, love, but also drink...
The article discusses the “self-defense” techniques presented in fightbooks and treaties. The object...
This article discusses the role played by Fightmaster (master-at-arms, Schirm- or Fechtmeister ) in ...
The Kölner Fechtbuch is a fascinating, unique treatise from the 16th century. Although it is temptin...
This transcription / translation of mine was first released online in 2005 (Waldmann, 2005 and Waldm...
This article is based on the talk presented on 27th November 2016 in the course of the Journées d’ét...
Little is known about the undated and presumably anonymous fight book which was once owned by Hugold...
The fifteenth-century fight book author Filippo Vadi wrote that the sword “is a cross and a royal we...
An undated paper from the archives of Strasburg contains a set of rules approved by fencing masters ...
Trial by battle was a medieval European form of legal proof in which difficult lawsuits were decided...
During the late Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, fighting books—Fechtbücher—were produced in no...
The paper aims at reinterpreting the so called ‘Teutonic estoc’ (inventory number: MNK XIV-49) from ...
In numerous 15th and 16th century Fightbooks several sets of teachings appear alongside the glosses ...
During the nineteenth century, many sources were published about the regulation of fencing in Renais...
London, British Library MS Cotton Titus A xxv, f 105r–v is a rare example of instruction in personal...
Intertwined with almost every significant aspect of social life, i.e. politics, love, but also drink...